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Lessons Learned on Organization by Col. Randall Larsen

No one in history has successfully led a more complex organization than General Eisenhower during the liberation of Europe in 1944-45. That is why I have such high regard for his dictum: “The right organization will not guarantee success, but the wrong organization will guarantee failure. Even as a very junior officer in Vietnam in Read More »

May 4, 2011
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and Policy & Initiatives
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30 Organizations Issue Recommendations For Congress, Administration And FDA To Find Innovative Ways To Spur A New Era Of Global Health Breakthroughs

A coalition of 30 leading global health organizations that work on vaccines, drugs, and other tools and technologies that save lives today released a list of recommendations for US policymakers and regulators, calling for acceleration of scientific innovations and streamlining the approval of safe and affordable inventions in order to save more lives around the Read More »

May 4, 2011
| Filed under North America, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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University of Houston wins NIH grant for vaccine study

It is spread to humans by mosquito bites, causing arthritic symptoms so severe that some victims can’t even walk. While rarely fatal, the effects of the chikungunya virus can last up to a year. More than two million people have contracted the chikungunya virus in the past five years. Most of the infections have occurred Read More »

April 28, 2011
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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U.N. Chief Lauds Renewal of Anti-WMD Panel

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday lauded the Security Council’s decision last week to renew for 10 years the mandate of a panel charged with overseeing U.N. member states’ implementation of an anti-WMD measure (see GSN, April 21). “Concerted international cooperation and action remains vital to the prevention of proliferation of nuclear, chemical and Read More »

April 28, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Biological Weapons, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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FDA Warns of Lack of Medical Countermeasures

The Food and Drug Administration has created a five year, 50 page plan called the “Strategic Priorities 2011-2015: Responding to the Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century” that reiterates current programs showing opportunities for growth. The agency has promised to support the Obama administration’s plan to invest nearly $2 billion in measures to counter Read More »